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Digital Mythology and the Internet's Monster - by Vivian Asimos (Paperback)

Name: Digital Mythology and the Internet's Monster - by Vivian Asimos (Paperback)
Brand: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
SKU: 92317238
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Highlights

Exploring a prominent digital mythology, this book proposes a new way of viewing both online narratives and the online communities which tell them.The Slender Man - a monster known for making children disappear and causing violent deaths to the adults who seek to know more about him - is used as an extended case study to explore the role of digital communities, as well as the question of the existence of a broader "digital culture".
About the Author: Vivian Asimos is a scholar at alt-ac.uk, of which she is a co-founder.
256 Pages
Social Science, Folklore & Mythology

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About the Book

Explores the role of myth online, and through this the role and place of digital communities, using the case study of the Slender Man.

Book Synopsis

Exploring a prominent digital mythology, this book proposes a new way of viewing both online narratives and the online communities which tell them.

The Slender Man - a monster known for making children disappear and causing violent deaths to the adults who seek to know more about him - is used as an extended case study to explore the role of digital communities, as well as the question of the existence of a broader "digital culture".

Structural anthropological mythic analysis and ethnographic details demonstrate how the Slender Man mythology is structured, and how its everlasting nature in the online communities demonstrates an importance of the mythos.

Review Quotes

Vivian Asimos is a new and original voice in both structuralism and the study of digital culture. This book has opened my eyes to processes in the creation of folk/fakelore and to the highly dynamic nature

Seth Kunin, Deputy Vice Chancellor, Curtin University, Australia

About the Author

Vivian Asimos is a scholar at alt-ac.uk, of which she is a co-founder. Her research focuses on the study of popular culture, and what contemporary narratives have to tell us about our current societies.

Dimensions (Overall): 9.21 Inches (H) x 6.14 Inches (W) x .54 Inches (D)

Weight: .8 Pounds

Suggested Age: 22 Years and Up

Number of Pages: 256

Genre: Social Science

Sub-Genre: Folklore & Mythology

Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC

Format: Paperback

Author: Vivian Asimos

Language: English

Street Date: August 25, 2022

TCIN: 92317238

UPC: 9781350210936

Item Number (DPCI): 247-31-5996

Origin: Made in the USA or Imported

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Estimated ship dimensions: 0.54 inches length x 6.14 inches width x 9.21 inches height

Estimated ship weight: 0.8 pounds

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